ESG Investing Has Extended to Fixed Income Asset managers say applying ESG screens to fixed income opportunities offers another prism of assessing risk. Reported by While interest in investing in environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors through equities has been gaining steam, so too has interest in applying ESG factors to the fixed income portion of portfolios. “We have seen strong adoption of ESG in equities in the past few years, and that has now extended to fixed income,” says Hitendra Varsani, executive director of MSCI Research. “Only in the past few years has the demand for ESG fixed income opportunities accelerated.”